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Says Aid Cannot Be Tied to Willingness to Disregard Rights
NEW YORK, SEPT. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See is decrying the “abuse of power” that causes development aid to hinge on a nation’s willingness to disregard human rights.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, cautioned the U.N. general assembly against such an abuse when he addressed the body today.
The prelate considered what the United Nations needs to do to live up to its charter, and particularly its affirmation that the group is made “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small. …”
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NEW YORK, SEPT. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See is decrying the “abuse of power” that causes development aid to hinge on a nation’s willingness to disregard human rights.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, cautioned the U.N. general assembly against such an abuse when he addressed the body today.
The prelate considered what the United Nations needs to do to live up to its charter, and particularly its affirmation that the group is made “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small. …”
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